The daughter of a distinguished rabbi whose Manhattan synagogue was swarmed by vile anti-Israel and antisemitic protesters final fall accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of fueling “Jewish hatred” in New York Metropolis.
Karen Schneier Dresbach — who’s govt vp of the multi-faith Enchantment of Conscience Basis in addition to the daughter of Rabbi Arthur Schneier of Park East Synagogue — mentioned she believes some Jews who voted for Mamdani are having “purchaser’s regret.”
“When you’ve got a mayor of the town of New York, who continues to spew rhetoric … this simply fuels Jewish hatred in our metropolis,” Schneier Dresbach mentioned Sunday on 770 WABC’s the “Cats Roundtable” program.
Mamdani is a staunch critic of Israel.
He helps the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions motion towards the nation, refuses to acknowledge it as a Jewish state and has urged New Yorkers to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s go to to Manhattan subsequent month throughout the United Nations Basic Meeting, accusing him of being a conflict prison.
She claimed Jews who voted for Mamdani have discovered a harsh lesson.
“To Jews who voted socialist and for Mamdani,… typically you study the laborious approach. What did they are saying in The Wizard of Oz? ‘Don’t take note of the person backstage.’ … I’m certain many [Jews] have purchaser’s regret – actually with regard to their votes for Mayor Mamdani,” Schneier Dresbach mentioned.
Schneier Dresbach mentioned antisemitism has exploded after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 assault on Israel and the next conflict in Gaza.
In an instance near house, her father Arthur Schneier’s historic Higher East Aspect synagogue was focused by menacing anti-Israel protesters final yr.
The Holocaust-surviving 96-year-old, who based the group the place Schneier Dresbach is govt vp, advised The Publish final November that the protest left him shaken.
“I don’t know the way you anticipate a person to really feel who noticed his synagogue burn to the bottom as a baby and now has his synagogue attacked twice in america — and now to witness, virtually each day, the egregious assaults, these heinous assaults on homes of worship, synagogues, [on Jews] … It’s madness!” Schneier Dresbach mentioned.
“The query is: When does it finish and the way does it finish?”
Her father, who nonetheless serves because the Appeals of Conscience Basis’s president, fled Budapest and arrived in america in 1947. He based the group to advertise spiritual freedom, human rights, peace and inter-religious dialogue throughout the globe and obtained the Presidential Residents Medal from then-President Invoice Clinton in 2001.
Schneier Dresbach additionally referred to the latest “premeditated” alleged hate crime dedicated at Central Synagogue by wacko Larry Montes. The antisemite barged into the home of worship on Lexington Avenue and East fifty fifth Road throughout a Shabbat service — and allegedly attacked a congregant and a safety guard, unleashing chaos on the peaceable place.
“It’s very premeditated. When any person says, ‘Oh, the man who bumped into Central Synagogue was a loopy individual.’ He wasn’t so loopy,” Schneier Dresbach mentioned.
“If he was loopy, he would have gone out wherever on the street and yelled. He particularly picked a synagogue.”
Mamdani’s workplace had no speedy touch upon Schneier Dresbach’s accusations.
However the mayor has mentioned he has “zero tolerance” for antisemitism or any sort of bigotry and has devoted extra funds to deal with it.
“The Mamdani administration will proceed utilizing each software at our disposal to stamp out hatred and construct a metropolis the place each New Yorker shouldn’t be solely protected, however feels a real sense of inclusion and belonging,” a Mamdani spokesperson advised The Publish final week.
